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Eyðgunn Samuelsen

Politician

Eyðgunn Samuelsen is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Eyðgunn Jana Samuelsen · Eyðgunn Samuelsen				[sources]
Alias	Eydgunn Samuelsen				[sources]
Birth date	1959-04-23 · 1959-05-23				[sources]
Place of birth	Sørvágur				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Faroe Islands				[sources]
Country	Faroe Islands				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Eyðgunn Jana				[sources]
Last name	Samuelsen				[sources]
Political association	Social Democratic Party of the Faroe Islands				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q963652				[sources]
Position	Løgting (member, 2011-2015) · Løgting (member, 2015-) · Minister of Social Affairs (2015-2019)				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Faroese teacher and politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Løgting	-	-
Member of leadership of Javnaðarflokkurin, 1. næstformand	2022-04-06	-

Data sources

Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland PEPs1,958

Official PEP list for Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland

Denmark · Finanstilsynet

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,122

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,644

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,469

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,870

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-05eb5b3b-4b0f-4876-8292-38817b5bbce7 · dk-pep-eydgunn-jana-samuelsen

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